The Strange Career Path of Super Mario

After the plumbing thing didn't work out, Mario went on to be a juggler, a soldier, and even a pinball flipper!

Super Mario: Demolition Specialist

As Seen In: Wrecking Crew (NES), Wrecking Crew '98 (SNES)

Super Mario just can't seem to stick to one job. We've all seen him as a plumber, a construction worker, a professional athlete, and even a free-lance physician, but as you'll see in the following pages, those are just the tip of the iceberg.

Mario might be known for destroying blocks with his jumps, but in the Wrecking Crew series he takes a sledgehammer to entire structures. Interesting sidenote -- this is one of the only Mario games where he doesn't have his trademark jump!

Excellent

Crash

Just wait for Crash Banditi coo to come out for ps3 and shut up mario like when he came out on ps1, i like ratchet better but crash is the one that have out done mario once and when naughty dog gets to it then crash can do it again.

Yeah

THERE WAS A WRECKING CREW SEQUEL!?

"Wrecking Crew" was one of the first games I ever owned for the NES, along with Super Mario, Gyrus, Excitebike and Donkey Kong Jr. But I never knew until now that the SNES had gotten a sequel. And why would I? Being released in 1998, a full two years after the debut of Nintendo 64, it pretty much came at a time when the SNES was as dead as the dodo.

I have to say, I'm very curious about playing it, though. The first one was a highly challenging puzzle platformer with a cool level editor. How strange that they waited a full twelve years to do a sequel. I guess we're due for another WC game for the Wii!

You forgot to mention...

What ever the job was called, that one he does in Yoshi´s cookies for GameBoy, you know. The one where Mario´s at the bottom of the screen Shifting cookies towers form one side to the other? I don't know what to call it either but I do remember playing that game for hours until my GB was depleted of all energy :-D

In my defense...

This list wasn't meant to be comprehensive, but instead to focus on his _oddest_ jobs. For instance, I left out all of the sports games he's been in, because a) everyone knows them and b) they are boring.

yeah really

yeah they missed all those instead put ones from the crappy cartoon wich was made up by the writers at DiC i say stick with the actual info from the games. the cartoon may have been licensed by nintendo i doubt they had any input in making them.

to all the big kids posting before me..

first. the fact that he didnt name e v e r y little thing is almost GENIUS. Why? Because it got people thinking. It gets people talking. Threw in a couple of things and then the hardcore mario lovers get to come out and show their stuff. Besides, If this article were 100 pages long I sure as hell wouldnt read it.

second. while we're on Mr.Lametowatch....your list looks extensive because you named every sport...you were right in your summing up "olympic athlete" but shouldve just said "athlete" in general..or else name every olympic event and, btw, boxing ref was said in the article...there were words underneath those pictures.

finally, how old are we? i remember sitting in front of my tv watching the cartoon while eat my (nasty) super mario bros. chocolate chip cookies...and that makes me laugh a little. Why not just take the article as a small piece to remind of us of things we love instead of dissecting every post and trying to figure out who pays the bills for this website.

jeez

It's not comprehensive for a reason...

As I mentioned above, I was not going for a comprehensive list, but for a selection of the oddest and least-known of his professions. All the sport ones you mention, as well as the referee from Punch-out (which I mention) and the graffiti cleaner (from Super Mario sunshine) are waaaaay too obvious and pedestrian.

Also, he doesn't really show up as a typing teacher or a pre-school teacher in those games... he's jsut around while those things are being taught.